Careful Flooring Contractor in Lafayette IN - Garage and Shop Floors That Hold Up

It depends on the size of the garage, how much repair and grinding the slab needs and which coating system you choose, so I price each floor after seeing it. Cracks, old coatings and moisture add prep, and a full color-chip floor with a clear topcoat usually costs more than a single color coat. The estimate at your property is free.

You pay a permit fee only if your job needs a permit, and in Lafayette that fee is based on the project's square footage. Inside city limits, permits come from the City Engineer's Office, with a $200 minimum for residential projects and $250 for commercial ones. If a permit is needed, we take care of the paperwork with you.

It depends mostly on how much prep the slab needs and how long the coating you choose takes to cure, and I'll go over timing with you once I've seen the floor. Crack repair, moisture problems and stripping an old coating all add time before the coating goes down. If a permit is needed, the city's review can take up to seven days for residential projects and ten business days for commercial ones, counted from when everything is submitted.

Yes, we're licensed and fully insured for the work we do on your property. Bring it up when I come out for the estimate, and I'll answer anything you want to check before we start.

Usually yes, because epoxy needs clean, slightly rough concrete to grab onto, and diamond grinding is how we get it there. A coating rolled over smooth or sealed concrete has little to hold onto, which is a common reason garage floors peel. Our concrete grinding and surface prep page goes into more detail.

Yes, our promise is satisfaction guaranteed on every job. That's also why I'd rather fix what's wrong with the slab first, or tell you to wait, than put a coating over a problem.

Not always, but for most home garages I like an epoxy base coat with a polyaspartic topcoat, because the epoxy builds bond and thickness on the ground slab and the polyaspartic top holds its color in sunlight. An all-polyaspartic floor sets up so fast it leaves little working time, and a shop that sees hot water and harsh cleaners may be better off with urethane cement. I'll tell you which fits once I've seen how you use the space.

Yes, because Lafayette issues permits only for properties inside city limits, with few exceptions, so an address outside them goes to another office, which can be a county office. The city's GIS maps show whether a property is inside city limits. Either way, we find out which office handles your address and check your job with them before we start.